The peace-and-quiet contingent seems to have won the great Balboa battle over bands, booze and bacchanalia. But it wasn’t always so, oh no! By Jim Washburn | Newport Beach | OCinsite.com Part One of this article was posted on October 26th–you can read it here: When Newport was Fun; Part Two can be read here: …
The peace-and-quiet contingent seems to have won the great Balboa battle over bands, booze and bacchanalia. But it wasn’t always so, oh no! By Jim Washburn | Newport Beach | OCinsite.com Part One of this article was published on October 26th–you can read it here: When Newport was Fun; Part Two can be read here: …
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The peace-and-quiet contingent seems to have won the great Balboa battle over bands, booze and bacchanalia. But it wasn’t always so, oh no! By Jim Washburn | Newport Beach | OCinsite.com Part One of this article was published on October 26th–you can read it here: When Newport was Fun; Part Two can be read here: …
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Good morning, readers! I received a comment on my post, “The business side of Balboa” from Therese Parmele, whose grandfather ran the Balboa Pharmacy #2 in Newport Beach: “Thank you for uploading these photos. My maternal grandfather, Alfonse Hamann, whom you mentioned, ran his first pharmacy in Balboa. He also caught the world’s record swordfish …